Tiberius

Tiberius Claudius Nero, a representative of one of the oldest, noble and glorious Roman clans, entered history as the first legitimate ruler of the Roman Empire, peacefully inherited the highest power. His predecessors - the destroyer of the Republic, Julius Caesar and the founder of the August Principle - gained power after cruel civil wars. Tiberius was in the whole personality of the outstanding: a brilliant commander, standing in a row with the greatest warriors of Rome, a skillful and zealous ruler: the power flourished with him, the treasury was full, the population did not experience severe taxes. In his reign in the east of the empire, Christianity is born, and the Christian tradition is very benevolent to the emperor. At the same time, Roman historians are mostly extremely harsh to him: he is glorified by Tacitus and Suetonius as a cruel, ruthless tyrant. And modern scientists argue both about the personality of Tiberius and the significance of his reign. In the book proposed, the author tried to give an objective assessment of the life and activity of this outstanding and contradictory person